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19
I recently ran across a phrase that reminded me of a presentation by direct marketing legend Herschel Gordon Lewis at an AWAI bootcamp where I also presented.
He was comparing the relative efficiency of numbers versus spelled-out words. He cited studies that proved the effectiveness of numbers over words–regardless of what grammarians might think.
Note the 2 [...]